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Liam Brady - Intro

Liam returned to Arsenal to head up the academy system in August
1996, returning to the Club he served with such style for seven
years in the 1970s.

He has presided over a system prolific in producing talented
young players, many of whom are making successful careers in the
game today throughout the English leagues. Players such as David
Bentley, Jermaine Pennant, Ashley Cole, Steve Sidwell, Moritz Volz
and Jeremie Aliadiere have all benefited from his tutelage in
recent years and now play regular top-flight football, having
represented their countries at various levels.

The development of young talent and their preparation for
first-team football is the Academy's priority ahead of results,
but youngsters can also learn much from playing competitively in
big-game surroundings.

To this end, the Academy has enjoyed great success under
Brady's management, with the Under-18s winning the FA Youth Cup
in both 2000 and 2001, also being FA Premier Youth League Champions
in 1998 and topping their regional group last season.

The attraction of watching Arsenal's academy players today
has never been better illustrated than in the first leg of last
season's FA Youth Cup semi-final against Manchester United,
which attracted 38,187 to Emirates Stadium - a record youth
football attendance in this country.

Prior to joining Arsenal in his current role, Liam managed
Celtic and Brighton & Hove Albion - having already made his
name as a skilful left-footed midfielder at Highbury before winning
two Italian league titles with Juventus. He also represented the
Republic of Ireland 72 times.

Copyright 2015 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source5 Jan 2006

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